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Varible split

Hi, I am selecting a very long string out of a database such as story
I want to display the story in three table columns next to each other.
How can i count how many characters are in a varible and split into three equal(or near equal) varibles. i.e.:

will give me the number of characters. but what does it asign that number to? i.e. a varible or what?

If the function returns the count, then you want to store that somewhere so you can use it. In computer programming languages, you store values in what are called 'variables', e.g.:

$totalLength = strlen($myString);

The strlen() function figures out the count for you, and that line tells php to store the value in the variable $totalLength. That is what the '=' does. It says to 'assign' the value on the right, to the variable on the left.

Hi, I am selecting a very long string out of a database such as story
I want to display the story in three table columns next to each other.
How can i count how many characters are in a varible and split into three equal(or near equal) varibles. i.e.: